Jar included in a MANIFEST.MF from an ejb jar can not see user defined modules. Results in java.lang.ClassNotFound error.

In an ear file user defined modules referenced from MANIFEST.MF are available to ejb jars but not to the ejb jars manifested jars. When the jar manifested in tries to access a modules classes a java.lang.ClassNotFoundException is raised. By the java jar spec the manifested jar should be in classpath of the jar manifesting it. I tried putting the modules Dependencies: reference in both the ejb jars MANIFEST.MF as well as the non ejb jars MANIFEST.MF. This is a run time error it deploys fine.